Mammalia - Cetacea - Pontoporiidae
Alternative spelling: Delphinus (Pontistes)
Synonym: Palaeopontoporia Doering 1882
Full reference: G. Burmeister. 1885. Examen critico de los mamiferos y reptiles fosiles denominados por D. Augusto Bravard y mencionados en su obra precedente. Annales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires 3:93-174
Parent taxon: Pontoporiidae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016
See also Abel 1905, Ameghino 1889, Barnes 1985, Berta 2017, Burmeister 1885, Carroll 1988, Cozzuol 1985, Cozzuol 1996, Cozzuol 2010, de Muizon 1988, Doering 1882, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Hamilton et al. 2001, Kellogg 1928, McKenna and Bell 1997, Muizon 1984, Palmer 1904, Pyenson and Hoch 2007, Rovereto 1915, Sepkoski 2002, Simpson 1945, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904, Winge 1921 and Zittel 1925
Sister taxa: Auroracetus, Brachydelphininae, Brachydelphis, Lipotinae, Piscorhynchus, Pliopontos, Pontoporia, Pontoporiinae, Protophocaena, Samaydelphis, Scaldiporia, Stenasodelphis
Subtaxa: Pontistes rectifrons
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (2 collections), Chile (2), Denmark (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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